By Tyler Durden One of the world’s top manufacturers and distributors of agricultural equipment announced Thursday that a ransomware attack impacted operations. Duluth, Georgia-based AGCO Corp. released a statement that some of its manufacturing plants have slowed production for several days because of a ransomware…
By Tyler Durden Farmers in China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam — the largest rice-producing countries could experience reduced output due to soaring fertilizer prices. The International Rice Research Institute warns that harvests could plunge as much as 10% in the next season, equating to…
By Tyler Durden The latest data on opioid-related overdose deaths in the US has produced a startling detail: opioid overdose deaths in adolescents rose far more rapidly than the general population between 2019 and 2021, according to a new analysis of mortality data released by…
By Tyler Durden The National Farmers’ Union has warned the UK is sleepwalking into a food security crisis. Soaring energy and fertilizer costs have led to an unprecedented situation where growers’ margins have collapsed, forcing many to halt growing operations. Reuters says because of the inclement…
By Tyler Durden Coffee farmers worldwide are feeling the pressure of sanctions, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent fertilizer prices soaring, prompting concerns of declining harvests this year. Bloomberg reports coffee farmers in Brazil, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Costa Rica, some of the largest coffee-producing countries…
By Tyler Durden Abnormally dry to exceptional drought conditions are expected to persist across 60% of the continental U.S. as spring in the Northern Hemisphere begins. Forecasters expect little to no rain for certain parts of the western U.S. through June. From April to June,…
By Tyler Durden Just in case the coming global famine, which One River CIO Eric Peters likened to the original Holodomor (which incidentally took place in Ukraine under Stalin), isn’t bad enough, moments ago Russia warned that it could be even worse. According to Interfax,…
By Tyler Durden Members of the billionaire Sackler family who control Purdue Pharma LP have agreed to fork over as much as $6 billion in a settlement with state governments for their role in fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic — a massive step in clawing…
By Tyler Durden Consumer psychology radically changed during the early days of the virus pandemic as shortages at supermarkets emerged. Bulk-buying habits were never a thing with the modern consumer in a pre-COVID world, but now ‘prepping’ has gone mainstream two years since the beginning…
By Tyler Durden Last week, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist admitted that there’s no evidence that healthy children need booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Now, the Swedish government has declined to recommend the vaccine for children under the age of 12 after concluding…
By Tyler Durden Finally, after a handful of organizations tried suing Dr. Anthony Fauci in order to have them released, the good doctor’s financials – along with those of his wife, who is the NIH’s top bioethicist – have been disclosed in detail. And they…
By Tyler Durden Here’s just the latest example of why forcing health-care workers to get vaccines and boosters – like the State of New York is still doing – is an untenable policy at best, and a stepping stone to disaster at worst. Bloomberg reports…
By Tyler Durden The UK is deploying a 200-strong cadre of military personnel – including 40 doctors – to aid hospitals in London as the omicron surge has left too many staffers unable to work in Britain’s most densely populated city. 40 of the 200…
By Tyler Durden A federal judge has rejected a request by the FDA to produce just 500 pages per month of the data submitted by Pfizer to license its Covid-19 vaccine – and has ordered them to produce 55,000 pages per month. Assuming there are…
By Tyler Durden And as Israel doles out a second round of booster jabs to the most at-risk patients, the Netherlands is entertaining giving people as many as six shots. In a Wednesday letter to parliament, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge suggested that the Netherlands…
By Tyler Durden Americans and Europeans aren’t the only people to express skepticism of the COVID jabs produced by a handful of pharmaceutical giants, most notably Pfizer and Moderna. As reports of deaths and other ‘adverse health events’ suspected of being triggered by vaccines mount,…
By Tyler Durden This infographic shows the ten most and least polluted cities of the European Union with a population above 500,000 people. Source: ZeroHedge Source: Europa.eu
By Tyler Durden The Machiavellian quote (sic) that “if you’re going to come at the king, you best not miss,” may be about to bite Mark Zuckerberg and his army of fact-checking mercenaries. While Zuckerberg may feel omnipotent atop his opaque algo-world but the so-called…
By Tyler Durden The CEOs of Southwest and American Airlines are challenging the need to wear masks on airplanes, saying they don’t believe they do much to limit exposure to Covid-19. Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines – the nation’s largest carrier – and Gary…
By Tyler Durden As hospitals face capacity constraints – including firing thousands of workers who refuse to comply with Biden’s illegal directive and get jabbed – amid a COVID-19 surge, some states have enlisted the National Guard to help staff healthcare facilities, Becker’s Hospital Review…
